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Ah, ok, I Googled "Kellie Pickler" and found out she is an American Idol contestant. I've never watched American Idol, so that's why I have no clue who she is.

The Gumbo at Blue Bayou is new, or at least this version is, so we don't know how spicy it's going to be. As someone who used to live in Charleston, South Carolina, I will bet two churros that the Disneyland amusement park version of Gumbo served at the pirate boat ride restaurant will be nowhere near as spicy as the real-deal Lowcountry South Carolina Gullah version of Gumbo.

But to be Gumbo, it has to have a least a little kick to it. Gumbo often has shrimp, especially in South Carolina. It can be made with sausage or beef also. If you dislike spicy foods, Gumbo is probably not going to be your thing. Even the mild Disneyland version of Gumbo.

Well you are right she's a really really really dumb blond as well. She's actually faking how dumb she is to gain popularity... a lot of people found out her dumbness is actaully fake.. I mean she is dumb... but not as dumb as she comes off to be.. she doesn't know what calimari is.. but they went to her home town and discovered you can get calmari in most restaurants... so basically there the reference to my question about gumbo ... lol

Ok so if anyone trys the new gumbo can someone please give me a review cause I don't want it to be TOO spicy.. a tiny bit is fine but just not too much.

Well since you get the gumbo "free" I can't see it hurting me to try it.. I just hope it's not too spicyyyyyyy!

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We'll agree to disagree on this one. I think post #121 regarding the new pricing vs. the old pricing speaks for itself. Here's the cut and paste of the pertinent stuff for those that missed what we're talking about:

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Previously, the lunchtime Monte Cristo was $12.99, all by itself. It came with a small side of pasta salad on the plate. But it didn't include a choice of salad or soup, and no choice of side dishes. Either the soup or salad would have added $5.49 to the meal alone.

When the Blue Bayou reopens, the Mote Cristo will be $18.99, and that includes choice of either wedge salad or gumbo. Plus choice of two sides.

So the price for the comparable menu items has gone up by 51 cents. And for the extra 51 cents we now get a choice of two side dishes in addition to our pre-entree salad or gumbo. It sounds like a deal to me! :yea:
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At least they post the menu prices out in front of the restaurant so you know what you'll be paying before you even speak to the hostess. And apparently Disney Dining is happily sending out PDF files of the new menu, including prices, to anyone who asks when they make their reservation. That's how we got the prices for this thread to begin with.

The Blue Bayou prices aren't a big secret, they are right out there in several locations, in various formats, before you even open your menu.

I really like what melmel said about the Blue Bayou: "It's not an every day annual passholder kind of thing, but then it never was. It's a special thing for special times at a special place."

TP I Don't appreciate you taking my quote out of context, you conveniently left out of my quote:

"They may be serving one more side with a cup of soup or salad
BUT NO ONE was requesting MORE food to be served with
the Monte Cristo!!!!! If anything the complaints have been that
the meals were already too big.

A Monte Cristo at the Blue Bayou will now be substantially more
now than just one year ago, nearly a 70%A price increase! Of both sources I quoted, the most recent I could find was from June 2005, which showed the price $12.99 (Yes, with rolls and butter, and a side of pasta salad served with the Monte Cristo)

Regardless of the price you quoted from February this year, it still amounts to an exhorbitant increase for just a sandwich lunch in just one year.

And even if the sandwich has a salad or cup of soup, and ONE
additional side (since the previous Monte Cristo DID include the
substantial side of pasta Salad) , NO ONE had ever been requesting
the more food be served with the Monte Cristo. In fact many people
were requesting smaller portions. How convenient that YOU don't
bother acknowledging what the GUESTS are actually requesting.

Oh, and TP, I certainly don't appreciate your condescending remark
about agreeing to disagree. My comparrison price was from June 2005,
and I acknowledge that price was from one year ago. Still the increase
in ordering the MC going up nearly 70% withing one year is horrendous!
Why can't you acknowledge THAT part of the post? It has nothing to
do with agreeing to disagree. It has to do with plain numbers.

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I'm not sure why people are sooo upset over the price of the sandwich. All the prices increased and there basically is no lunch menu anymore. Try to accept and deal with it. The cafe orleans will have a new version of this sandwich maybe more in your price range. If it must be the BB sandwich then go get one.....granted I have never had this sandwich and never will because it sounds greasy, very fattening and disgusting.....and now they will have one filled with cheese and fried...*gag*

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Well, Aladdin, at least you'll be able to go across the street and get the Monte Cristo sandwich at the new Cafe' Orleans without the gumbo or wedge salad or two side dishes. Just the sandwich, nothing more. Imagine if they hadn't done the Cafe' Orleans remodel and you were just out of luck if you didn't want to pay $18.99 for the Monte Cristo meal.

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Sounds like you've never eaten at a 5 star.....believe me the prices here are cheap!

Thank you!! The whining about "price gouging" has grown tiresome. Disneyland is a resort and as such, their food pricing structure is similar to what you'd pay at a nicer resort hotel (but way cheaper than a 5-star). If you want cheap chow, there are plenty of nasty buffets and chain restaurants within walking distance. I, for one, certainly don't want to be seated at BB within earshot of a bunch of people griping about prices. Those kind of people are also usually a waiter's worst nightmare--difficult to serve and lousy tippers, as well. The notion that we're somehow "entitled" to having a bargain meal at the premier in-park restaurant is ludicrous.

The fact that BB's entrees include soup or salad and sides actually makes it cheaper than many comparable restaurants; especially compared to places like Morton's or Ruth's Chris where everything is a la carte.

My problem with BB in the past was that the food often just wasn't good enough to justify the outlay of time and money, especially since the opening of Napa Rose, where a great meal is a certainty in my experience. But it sounds like they're making a strong effort to really raise the level of quality. I can't wait to see if they can pull it off.

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I'm looking forward to eating there. I've never been, but from the menu that has been posted it looks great. I've been looking for a more upscale dining locale in Disneyland that would compare to places in Epcot. Looks like we are getting one.

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I really like the new menu, and if they are actually going to discontinue using heat lamps - WHOOOOO HOOOOOO!!! If you break down an entree, the prices are really not that bad. It is VERY rare for a white table cloth restaurant to include a salad or soup with an entree and I think that this is the direction Matt Ouimet has said he wants to go with the BB.

From some of his statements posted by Al recently:

" "Ouimet has publicly boasted in a recent management presentation that the newly reworked Blue Bayou will be "the finest restaurant in any Disney theme park, anywhere." (Emphasis on anywhere was Matt's, not mine) While that's a noble goal, and an admission that the Blue Bayou really needed to polish up its act, perhaps a more realistic statement should be that the Blue Bayou will be "the finest restaurant in any Disney theme park in North America." "

So after hearing that, I'm really rather pleased with the menu! I think the chef sounds innovative and really wanting to upgrade the menu. And the pricing isn't that outragous for Orange County.

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I will admit that I was a little shocked when I first saw the new prices, but I think some very good points have been raised here. BB, no matter how nice it is, will never be a five-star restaurant and for that I am glad. I would feel very odd sitting in a five-star in jeans. I had a hard enough time going to the Napa Rose in jeans and that is a five-star in my book and so were the prices. If you look at the prices of the Napa Rose, even with the price increase at the BB, it doesn't even come close. I think the last time we were in DL we went to both BB and NR. If I remember correctly our bill at BB came to just under $50 and our bill at NR was nearly $150. With the price increase it might raise our typical meal to about $70.

A true five-star, like Ruth's Chris Steakhouse where we took my mother for Mother's Day will run you a lot more than that. My steak entree there was $36 with NO sides or salad/soup.

I understand that the Monte Cristo is an important part of the Disneyland experience for a lot of people and it is for me as well. However, I appreciate that it is being offered elsewhere for less. Granted, you won't have the ambiance of BB but if all you are looking for is the sandwich then you have another option and one that should be easier to get into. I, for one, will still go to BB and will happily pay for what I feel is a superlative experience. I agree with others that I hope that with this price increase there will be a bump up in service and quality, but overall will hold my final opinion on everything until AFTER it has opened and have experienced it myself.